Random articles from a puzzled DBA

Month: August 2014

SSIS can produce an inordinate number of error messages and numbers. Some of these can even be helpful and informative. Generally accompanied by an Error Code, one of the most popular appears to be “0x80070057” and can have a number of causes. Recently I came across this particularly helpful code when creating a Slowly Changing …

Actually, that isn’t entirely fair. I don’t have to eat sprouts, which is just as well. However, I do have to deal with Replication – certainly in my current job. Whereas my refusal to eat the Little Green Balls of Death won’t result in a divorce (because my wife, as wonderful as she is, does …